Roger Preston & Partners : examples of our work

Sport & Leisure

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London

Client:	RADA
Architect:	Avery Associates

RADA's existing building on the site (situated between Malet Street and Chenies Street off London's Tottenham Court Road) has been 75% demolished and rebuilt to improve space usage. This has required lowering the basement to accommodate the workshop with a clear height requirement of 5.0m for scenery building and painting. New sprinkler water storage tanks and pumps are in a sub-basement to avoid compromising theatre space. Productions by the students are made every term. Many of these are open to the public.
Features:
	Three fully functional theatre spaces (including one with a proscenium)
	Malet St. foyer and rehearsal room also suitable for public performances
	Full theatre back-up including workshops for scenery construction etc. in basement
	Theatre spaces will be suitable for commercial letting as well as their prime use of teaching, acting and theatre technical staff

ASPIRE, Stanmore, Middlesex

Client:	Association for Spinal Injury Research, Rehabilitation and Reintegration
Architect:	Foster and Partners

The ASPIRE Centre for Excellence stands in the grounds of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore. The centre is a fully accessible building with swimming pool, exercise and dance studios, training suite and cafe which disabled people can use on the same terms as able-bodied people. Roger Preston & Partners was appointed for full services design and construction duties.
Features:
	25m competition-standard swimming pool
	Computer training suite and a cafe
	Studio space for the mixed mobility CandoCo Dance Company
	Central reception area with full glazed lift

Tattersalls Grandstand, Newbury Racecourse

Client:	Newbury Racecourse Limited
Architect:	Foster and Partners

The new grandstand was completed mid November 2000 on programme (11 month build programme) for the Hennessey Gold Cup Meeting. The new grandstand is currently being discussed as the benchmark grandstand in the UK for all further developments on racecourses. Tattersalls is the first grandstand to use the Sony Plasma CCTV system.
Features:
	Life and fire strategy
	Restaurant, bars and kitchen
	Conference space and betting hall / exhibition space
	Banqueting space for 600 people

Palacio de Congrsos, Valencia

Client:	AUMSA
Architect:	Foster and Partners / Ingeniera Diez Cisneros
Size:	1000, 750 and 250 seat auditoria plus 8 conference suites and supporting facilities

The Congress Centre is designed as a focal point of a new area of urban development in Valencia.

The centre provides three main auditoria, simultaneous interpretation booths and smaller seminar rooms along with offices, exhibition areas and retail areas. The catering facilities can serve up to 1100 people.

Roger Preston & Partners was appointed for full M&E duties.


Features:
	Interpretation booths
	Catering and retail facilities
	Seminar rooms
	Natural lighting maximised

Examples

Barbican Sports & Leisure Centre, York, UK

Battersea Power Station Redevelopment, London

Century Tower Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Duxford War Museum, Duxford, UK

Georgia Tech - Natatorium Photo Voltaic Array, USA

Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Jeddah Sports Stadium, Saudi Arabia

New Theatre, Cardiff, UK

Palacio de Congresos, Valencia, Spain

Pepsi Cola Company Retail Outlets, Poland

Physical Recreation and Training Centre, Wattisham, UK

Royal Brunei Polo Club, Brunei

Sports Clubs, Saudi Arabia

Youth Centre & Sports Complex, Brunei